"Melnitz" Book Reading & Narration by Charles Lewinsky at Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 7pm on 18th October 2014

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Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 18-10-2014 19:00:00 18-10-2014 20:30:00 68 "Melnitz" Book Reading & Narration by Charles Lewinsky Event Page : http://goo.gl/1Q40Mj Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : "Melnitz" - Chronicles of a Jewish family in Switzerland: Reading and narration by Swiss author and dramatist Charles Lewinsky.

About the book: ‘Melnitz’ a family saga about a Jewish family. The story of this family evolves in the background of Switzerland between 1871 and 1945. The author portrays Jewish life over generations, providing insights into the Swiss perception on anti-Semitism.

About the author: Charles Lewinsky (b. 1946 in Zürich) studied German literature and theatrical sciences and then worked at several German theatres as dramatist and stage director. He wrote a great number of books, plays and TV-shows. His best known works in the respective fields are: One hundred episodes for the sitcom ‘Nearly a Family’, the stage play ‘Friends, life is worth living’, the script for the movie ‘An Ordinary Jew’ (starring Ben Becker),  the musical ‘Gotthelf’ (Music by Markus Schönholzer) and the novel ‘Melnitz’, which reached sales of more than half a million in ten languages and for which he was awarded numerous awards. For ‘Melnitz’ the author has been awarded the Best Foreign Novel of Foreign Literature from Learned Society Peking, a nomination for the Italian Premio Vallombrosa and for the first time for a Swiss author der Prix du Meilleur livre étranger. His latest novel ‘Kastelau’ has been included in the nominations for the German Book Prize.

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